For these homemade Pacman and Blinky costumes, I found those thin sheets of foam that come in large rolls and used that to fashion the bodies. I purchased tights, shirts and booties from discount store. Had the gloves from previous costume.
We love the painting by Grant Wood, American Gothic, so we did our own little version of a Homemade American Gothic Painting Costume. Found some farmer clothes, made a old house and added a pitchfork and viola.
For high school spirit week there was a theme every day. My friend Kara and I love spirit week. Monday was twin day. Usually people come in wearing matching socks or matching outfits. We didn’t want to do the normal thing. I don’t know how I got this idea for Homemade Lawn Gnomes Costumes, but … Read more
We simply took an old shirt out of his father’s closet and used it with a pair of khaki pants, very rolled up to see the high socks. Bought an ugly pair of bug glasses and he was done. I bought a moo moo knee high stockings and a pair of slippers. I took a … Read more
We took the Bobbits costume idea a little further. I wore a black night gown and robe (that I already owned). We purchased a cheap pair of pj’s for him and used an old white work shirt. We bought fake blood, a polish sausage, and a fake blood filled knife(optional). Using safety pins we pinned … Read more
Our homemade Red Bull and Jager costumes were originally designed to be Wall-E and Eve, but upon making the Eve costume, we noticed that it looked more like a tall, slender can of Red Bull and the idea sparked from there! It was the highlight of the party! The costumes didn’t take as long to … Read more
When my boyfriend and I arrived at the Halloween Party in these costumes, the crowd went NUTS with cheering and applause! There were probably 400-500 people at this party, and we might have known 50 of them. Total strangers swarmed us, followed us around and told us these were the best Halloween costumes they’d ever … Read more
The idea: As a blonde, being a Barbie for Halloween is a pretty standard idea. However, having a reputation for going all-out on Halloween I didn’t want to be a blonde dressed in pink saying I was Barbie. While discussing Halloween costumes with my friend she suggested we be Barbie’s in boxes. Perfect. It would … Read more
Me and my boyfriend had this idea of a Homemade Fred and Wilma Flinstone Costume. We used only material of Textile manufacturing, cardboard tubes, tape, spray. We did ourselves the clothes and the car! Was not very easy, but the result was magnificent and we won the first prize;)
I came up with the idea of a Peanut Butter and Jelly costume so that my daughter and son would be a good match. For the basic shape of the costume, I purchased an old soda can costume sewing pattern from eBay. More importantly, I looked at the various brands of PB and J in … Read more
For Homemade Shrek, I used: old clothes, gourd ends cut and glued on head, fake teeth, and I sprayed body with colored hairspray For Homemade Fiona, I used my own wedding dress, head piece with wig, and I also sprayed body with colored hairspray. Good luck with your own Shrek and Fiona homemade costumes!
For this homemade Homer and Marge Simpson couple costume, we concentrated on the faces, we didn’t want to spend too much money and in Milan, where we live, it’s cold when we celebrate Carnival time. It would be hard for me to explain in English how we made it, so I will give an Italian … Read more